Highlights from Tuesday night’s episode of “Hard Knocks,” the third of five in the series:

* The show begins with team leaders Reggie Bush, Karlos Dansby and Jake Long asking to meet with Joe Philbin about Chad Johnson’s release. They explain that they wish they could’ve known that Johnson was in hot water with the coaching staff about comments he made with the media, so that they could’ve helped him. “Alert guys that they’re pushing it to the limit, let us know,” Dansby said.

* The players really want to police themselves this year, as the Long-Dansby-Bush-Philbin meeting made clear. Long: “The last couple of years, we haven’t been good enough about holdilng players accountable.” The result of the meeting is Philbin agreeing to let the players form a leadership council once the final roster is set.

* The last 10 minutes of the show focused on the decision to name Ryan Tannehill the starting quarterback. Sunday afternoon, assistant quarterbacks coach Zac Taylor met with Tannehill and Matt Moore individually to tell them the decision, and each quarterback later met privately with Philbin. Taylor called Moore “the best backup quarterback in the league,” while saying to Tannehill, “we’re counting on you to lead us to some big things this year.” Moore wasn’t happy with the decision but handled it well. “All I can say moving on is I’m with you 100 percent,” he said to Philbin.

* Much of the show focused on third-year guard John Jerry and his struggles with his weight. Listed at 328 pounds, Jerry reported to camp at 360, and is consistently dogged by offensive line coach Jim Turner, who one day called Jerry “a catastrophe on tape.” But Turner also says Jerry is could be the most talented player on the line if he got his weight down to 330, and commended him for his play last week at Carolina. The Dolphins gave Jerry a ton of reps last week with Eric Steinbach and Artis Hicks dealing with injuries, to the point that Jerry vomited several times on the practice field. “If he buys in, he will be an all-pro,” Turner said.

* Speaking of Steinbach, he has knee troubles and admitted to Philbin that he’s not close to the same player he was for eight years in Cleveland and Cincinnati. Steinbach, who sat out all of last season with a back injury, is likely closer to retirement than making the team.

* Vontae Davis is apparently back in the coaches’ good graces after a shaky start to training camp with bad conditioning and inconsistent effort.

* Second-year quarterback Pat Devlin earned high praise from coaches and teammates, and could potentially be the Dolphins’ third quarterback instead of David Garrard, who was shown hobbling around on crutches a week after knee surgery. Tight ends coach Dan Campbell, a former Cowboy, said of Devlin, “he reminds me of Romo.”

* Rookie right tackle Jonathan Martin didn’t have a good game against Carolina, but the coaches are still pleased with his progress overall. “He’s doing everything we expected he would do, we just have to leave him,” Turner said.

* Pranks: The rookies put together a look-alike slide show. Among the comparisons: Philbin and Mr. Mackey from South Park, Matt Moore with a mustache and Nacho Libre and John Jerry with a really fat guy. Rookie Chandler Burden did an impressive Jim Turner impression, in which he naturally destroyed John Jerry for being overweight. And defensive tackle Isaako Aaitui can really rip it on the guitar, as evidenced by his performance of Cee-Lo Green’s, “F*** You.”

* Tannehill suffered some dead arm during the third week of camp and struggled a bit in practice. None of the receivers really set themselves apart, although Roberto Wallace, Marlon Moore, Chris Hogan and Rishard Matthews were featured making plays.

* Moore, a former Carolina Panther who was dumped by the team last year, to his Dolphins teammates upon entering the huddle last Friday at Carolina: “F*** these people, let’s go!” We learn that Moore needs to work on improving his footwork, which will in turn improve his accuracy.

* The show portrays the Panther game as a disaster (which it was). The narrator says “a single bad hour in the game undoes a whole good week of practice.” When the offensive line fails to block for Tannehill, Turner says to no one, “am I on drugs?” Kevin Coyle was freaking out in the coaches booth when the Panthers scored 17 points in the first quarter. “The way this group is playing, there’s going to be spots to be won,” he said.

* Rookie third-round tight end Michael Egnew is still very much in the dog house. Campbell got all over him for not blocking well enough during the Carolina game.

* Line of the night: Richie Incognito asks Tannehill at practice if he is starting against Carolina. Tannehill says yes, Incognito holds out his fist and tells Tannehill to “pound it,” then adds, “now don’t f*** it up.” Gotta love Incognito.